**Finance & Business Management Associate (Consumer & Community Banking) in Columbus, OH**
As a dedicated **Finance & Business Management Associate**, you'll serve as a trusted advisor to Consumer & Community Banking business leaders, driving key initiatives and managing risks. In this dynamic role, you'll provide responsive project management, compelling presentations, and strategic analysis to optimize business performance. Leveraging advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills, you'll create wireframes and mock-ups, while effectively communicating with stakeholders and coordinating team activities. A bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or a related field and 2+ years of relevant experience are required. Previous exposure to audit or risk control processes, process improvement, and global teamwork is preferred.
Full Job Description
Location: Columbus, OH, United States
Join a Business Management team that helps leaders optimize performance and drive key initiatives. Youll act as a trusted advisor and thought partner to business heads, bringing structure to complex problems and helping the organization move priorities forward with discipline and design excellence.
As a Finance & Business Management Associate in Consumer and Community Banking, you will help optimize business performance by driving key initiatives and serving as a trusted advisor and counterweight to business leaders. Youll be responsible for identifying, escalating, and mitigating business risks while delivering high-quality analysis, presentations, and project management support. The role is dynamic and adapts to the priorities of the line of business you support, giving you broad exposure across stakeholders and initiatives.
Job Responsibilities
Provide a high level of responsiveness to executive ad hoc requests spanning project management, presentation development, and business analysisOrganize complex information in a strategic, compelling way, applying strong design acumen and advanced Excel and PowerPoint techniquesCreate wireframes and mock-ups quickly and iteratively for management presentations, reports, and dashboardsCommunicate effectively with key business partners to understand projects and drive next stepsProject manage and deliver key workstreams and tasksIdentify key business risks on the platform and drive resolution of mitigating controlsSupport audit, regulatory, and compliance deliverables, including action plans within the Risk Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) frameworkCoordinate team activities and prepare materials for town halls, employee recognition, and strategy working sessionsCollect and maintain internal resources and documentation on collaboration sitesParticipate in collaborative initiatives with team members and global partners to simplify, improve, and add value to business processesRequired Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
Bachelors degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related area2+ years of experience in a Business Management or COO roleProven experience delivering timely, high-quality presentations and/or reporting, with strong attention to detail and design excellenceDemonstrated ability to engage different stakeholder groups and drive the agendaExcellent communication, organization, and project management skillsIntermediate to advanced proficiency in MS Office tools (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint, Pivot Tables)Strong time management and prioritization skills, with ability to work independentlyPreferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
Experience supporting audit, regulatory, or control deliverables within a regulated environmentAbility to articulate and demonstrate thoughtful rationale in design decisionsExperience partnering with global teams to drive process improvementsSelf-motivated and tenacious, with a track record of delivering under changing priorities Partner as a trusted advisor to business leaders, driving initiatives, managing risks, and delivering executive-ready insights. 
